Movies like Henna

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Henna (1991)
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Henna (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story: Beautiful Henna Khan lives the life of a gypsy near the river, Jhelum, in Pakistan with her widowed dad, Khan Baba; three brothers, Ashraf, Razzak, and Zaman; and Razzak's wife, Najma. One day she comes across a male body that has been washed ashore. Khan Baba, Bibi Gul, and Henna take this male in, nurse him back to health, only to find out that he has lost his memory. The male in his sleep cries out the name of "Chand", and everyone starts calling him by that name.
Plot: politics, memory loss, love, gypsy, love triangle, unrequited love, tragedy, father daughter relationship, amnesia, corrupt cop, car accident, cave, death, accident, chase, letter, falling from height, shootout, gunfight, bollywood, cave in
Place: india, pakistan

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Most similar movies to Henna

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and touching films with plots about love, bollywood, hindi, love and romance, fall in love, family relations and couples mostly in Romance, Drama and Musical genres. Some movies like Henna: Yeh Vaada Raha (1982), God, Your River is Tainted (1985), Yash Chopra's Moonlight (1989), As Long as I Live (2012), Crazy (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Yeh Vaada Raha (1982)
Genre: Romance, Musical, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Vikram and Sunita love each other but Vikram's mother disapproves Sunita as her future daughter in law because of Sunita's poor background. Vikram and Sunita decide to marry without the will of Vikram's mother BUT on their way to ...
Plot: car accident, singer, love, promise, deception, orphan, orphanage, disfigured face, domineering mother, plastic surgery, engagement, song
⇓ similarity ⇓
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God, Your River is Tainted (1985)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Ganga Singh lives near Gangotri with her brother, Karam. One day she comes to the assistance of a young man, Narendra Sahay, who has come with a group of Calcutta-based college students to study the source of the holy river Ganga, and to get some ...
Style: allegory
Plot: breast feeding, women, waterfall, hinduism, brothel, journey, secret marriage, baby, female protagonist, unwed mother, virgin, promise ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Yash Chopra's Moonlight (1989)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story: Chandni was a blockbuster in 1989 and is one of the most successful films of Indian cinema. The huge profits of this musical brought an end to director Yash Chopra's lean phase. The platinum success of its music was instrumental in ending the ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, love triangle, women, bittersweet, disability, couples, renewed love, love affair, social differences, lovers apart, unfulfilled love, true love ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: asia, india, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
As Long as I Live (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 198 min.
Story: An ex-army man, leading a double life in London, must choose between his wife and muse. Jab Tak Hai Jaan movie is a love triangle,and also marks the return of Yash Chopra as a director after eight years. In Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Shahrukh Khan plays ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: true love, love triangle, bomb, power of love, couples, love and romance, soldier, encounter, artists and showbiz, journalist, doubts and hesitations, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, london, england, kashmir
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Crazy (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story: Kajal is a beautiful and talented young woman who loves songs and dances and attends various shows. At one of the shows she attended she gets to meet Ravi, a popular singer and both are head over heel in love with each other and they soon got ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, emotional, humorous ...
Plot: love triangle, attempted rape, remarry, tragic love, widow, uncle nephew relationship, presumed dead, mother in law daughter in law relationship, singer, rescue, husband wife relationship, grieving widower ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Refugee (2000)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 207 min.
Story: The films tells the story of an un-named Indian Muslim, who helps illegal refugees from both India and Pakistan to cross the border through the Great Rann of Kutch. The film is attributed to have been inspired by the short story "Love Across ...
Style: serious, sincere, sentimental, tense, social ...
Plot: love triangle, family relations, soldier, fall in love, love affair, border patrol, terrorist, society, parents and children, mistaken identity, destiny, immigrant ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: pakistan, india, new delhi
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 3.2
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SanamRe (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A story about the man who is confused with his love life finds solace in his birthplace with his childhood love.
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, surprise ending
Plot: true love, love, love triangle, tragic love, love and romance, childhood love, destiny, power of love, childhood memory, self sacrifice, heart transplant, boy ...
Place: kashmir
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Deedar-E-Yaar (1982)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Story: Childhood pals Javed (Rishi Kapoor) and Akhtar (Jeetendra) will do anything for each other, but their loyalties are tested when they fall in love with the same woman. For Javed, it's love at first sight when he meets the beautiful Firdaus. But ...
Plot: marriage, friendship, wedding, friend, sacrifice, love triangle, love, muslim, plan, courtesan, nobleman, unrequited love
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Bobby (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Raja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness and neglect. Shortly after finishing school he meets Bobby, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor Christian fisherman. They fall head over heels for each ...
Style: romantic, mesmerizing, semi serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage love, true love, governess, affection, father son relationship, forbidden love, love at first sight, grandmother granddaughter relationship, teenage rebellion, motorcycle, party, christian ...
Time: 70s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Cherished Memories (2001)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Raj Singh Puri has a very wealthy friend in Lalit Kumar Malhotra, and his wife, Nalini. After the passing away of his wife, Shalini, Raj has become more dependent on the Malhotras, and they have offered him support and solace in his time of need. ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, romantic
Plot: family relations, young lovers, fall in love, siblings relations, win over, parents and children, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, love, father daughter relationship, hindu, materialism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, london, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.4
 11K
QsQT (1988)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Both Dhanraj Singh and Randhir Singh are two bitter and old time enemies. They faced a disastrous situation when there children, Raj and Rashmi falls deeply in love. They openly declares there hatred for one another and will do anything in there ...
Style: emotional, romantic, touching, romantic drama, mesmerizing ...
Plot: love affair, family relations, couples, love and romance, fall in love, tragic love, die, perfectionist, main character dies, death of protagonist, shakespeare, forbidden love ...
Time: 80s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Desire (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story: A story bout a relationship that's ended. Khwahish traces the sexy, funny and intense relationship of Amar Ranawat(Himanshu Malik) and Lekha Khorzuvekar (Mallika Sherawat) from the time they meet in the last semester of college, their quirky ...
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, serious, sexy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: true love, class differences, love and romance, young lovers, youth, couples, life is a bitch, hopes, fall in love, college, tragic love, rich and poor ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Moments (1991)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 187 min.
Story: Viren (Anil Kapoor) who travels to Rajasthan with his governess, affectionately called Dai Jaa (Waheeda Rehman). He meets the beautiful Pallavi (Sridevi) and he instantly falls in love with her. However, she also happens to be older then him, though ...
Style: romantic, mesmerizing, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love story, true love, dual role, unrequited love, older man younger woman relationship, couples, fall in love, unfulfillment, love and romance, opposites attract, unfulfilled love, love affair ...
Time: 90s
Place: london, england, india, asia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Devdas (2002)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story: Devdas is sent away by his father so he can improve himself but upon his return his father still doesn’t welcome him back. Devdas and Paro are in love but Paro is a lower caste and is set to be married to an older widower. Devdas is devastated ...
Style: touching, emotional, weeping, serious, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: unfulfilled love, love triangle, alcoholic, forbidden love, tragic love, prostitution, unrequited love, prostitute, drunkenness, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, hindu, death of protagonist ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place: india, london, kolkata, europe, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ram & Leela (2013)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in violent times.
Style: serious, touching, stylized, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, wooing, love affair, true love, love, marriage, death of lover, shakespeare, accidental killing, mother daughter relationship, tragedy, vengeance ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Those Seven Days (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Maya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: couple relations, hopes, love and romance, fall in love, true love, love affair, couples, flashback, forbidden love, love, musician, death of mother ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Made for Each Other (1981)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story: The movie is about the love between a Tamil man, Vasu (Kamal Haasan), and a North Indian woman, Sapna (Rati Agnihotri), who are neighbours in Goa. They come from totally different backgrounds and can hardly speak the other's language. Their ...
Style: tragic ending
Plot: tragedy, love, neighbor, culture clash, young love, elevator, motorcycle, vegetarian, punjabi, double suicide, photograph, rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Happiness & Tears (2001)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story: Orthodox Indian, Raichand, would like his two sons to live together with him and his wife, and get married to girls' of his choice. One of his sons, Rahul, is adopted, while Rohan is his real son. Rahul falls in love with a poor Indian girl ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: forbidden love, reconciliation, father son relationship, love, wealth, brother brother relationship, unrequited love, separation from family, love and romance, couple relations, estrangement, parent child relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Oh, My Love (2007)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: unrequited love, couples, friendship, love and romance, prostitute, couple relations, fall in love, love affair, tragic love, hopes, idealism, small town life ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
A Life of Devotion (1969)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Vandana and Arun fall in love the instant they meet. On a trip to a Shiv temple, they get married in an impromptu ceremony in front of God. A chance rainshower strands them at a remote hotel where Vandana gets pregnant. With their legal marriage ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: dual role, politics, pregnancy, adoption, family relations, couples, orphan, babies and infants, love and romance, last wish, love at first sight, air raid ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Khamoshi: The Musical (1996)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Goa based Joseph Braganza and his wife Flavy, devout Catholics, are both deaf and mute. He makes a living selling soap bars door to door. Flavy gets pregnant and gives birth to a daughter who they name Annie, who can speak and hear much to their ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot: father daughter relationship, female empowerment, deaf, pregnancy, deaf mute, family in crisis, parents and children, death in the family, passionate interest, family life, wooing, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.0
 1K
Love Sublime (1978)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story: As Pandit Shyam Sunder prayed in Bhagwan Shivji's temple on the occasion of Janamashtami, his wife gives birth to a daughter, Rupa, and passes away, leaving her child to bear the brunt of being an ill-omen. Years later, Rupa burns her face from ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, stylized, sexual
Plot: women, village, bittersweet, couples, family relations, single parent, social misfits, love and romance, misfit, society, fall in love, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Heart Is a Temple (1963)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Dr. Dharmesh (Rajendra Kumar) and Sita (Meena Kumari) are in love, and hope to marry on Dharmesh's return from abroad. When Dharmesh returns, he is devastated to find that Sita has married someone else. He then decides to devote the rest of his ...
Plot: love, husband wife relationship, doctor, love triangle, death, cancer, surgery, heart attack, old love, hospital, saving a life, exhaustion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Affair (1981)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 182 min.
Story: Although orphaned at very young ages, Scriptwriter Amit and military pilot Shekhar are brothers and also very good friends. The latter is happily engaged to Shobha, while the former has just fallen in love with pretty, young Chandni. But tragedy ...
Style: romantic, cult classic, mesmerizing, saga, serious ...
Plot: love triangle, husband, politics, infidelity, unrequited love, couple relations, unfulfillment, dishonesty, love and romance, couples, family problems, lovers reunited ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.1
 392
Khilona (1970)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Thakur Suraj Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife; three sons - Kishore, his wife Laxmi & two children Pappu and Laali; Vijaykamal, & Mohan; and an unmarried daughter, Radha. Kishore looks after the family business, while ...
Plot: heartbreak, brother brother relationship, unrequited love, revelation, deception, hypocrisy, prostitute, grief, lie, rape, suicide, love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.4
 2K
Disco Dancer (1982)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Jimmy promises to return to Bombay and become a famous entertainer so that he can exact revenge on Mr. Oberoi for having insulted and imprisoned his mother on false charges. He falls in love with Oberoi's daughter and causes Sam Oberoi's ...
Style: romantic, entertaining, sincere, emotional, cult classic ...
Plot: disco, rise and fall, dancing, dancer, fame, love, performer, death of mother, singer, attempted murder, father daughter relationship, death ...
Time: 80s
Place: bombay india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.0
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Prem Granth (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Somen, a rich boy, loves Kajri, a village belle. The lovers get separated and Somen tries to find his lost love.
Plot: love, rape, priest, hindu, train, holiday, drinking, mirror, temple, lake, pilgrimage, mountain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.1
 2K
Sometimes (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: A story spanning two generations, where two lovers are forced to marry against their will, but hold onto memories of their romance. Years later circumstances force them to confront their spouses, their children and each other.
Style: romantic, saga, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: true love, indians, rebel, unrequited love, love and romance, young lovers, fall in love, unfulfillment, step siblings, destiny, lovers apart, love triangle ...
Time: 20th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.1
 1K
Prem Rog (1982)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 183 min.
Story: Manorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When tragedy befalls her, and traditions seem unfair, Deodhar must fight for what's right.
Style: romantic
Plot: women, daughter, family relations, secret, friend, married, car crash, tradition, love, hindu, tragic event, accidental death ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 192 min.
Story: The story of the love between Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian, and Zaara Hayaat Khan, a Pakistani...a love so great it knows no boundaries...
Style: serious, atmospheric, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, impossible love, muslim, rescue, uncover truth, social differences, false accusation, love affair, against the odds, hopes, legal, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2004
Place: india, pakistan, asia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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